Page 7 Montana Governors records 1889-1962.

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lands which may now be secured at a reasonable figure are sure to increase largely in value. Our irrigated land, producing five to seven tons of alfalfa per acre, similar to land wliich costs |200 per acre Jn States to tho Woet, can be obtained at ^40 to |60 per acre.
Montana now has five transcontinental railroad lines, with two others in pr0KX-*"ct, and breincib- lines have been built to tap the rich sections. Interurban electric systsHHS are also in procetss of building or jjrojE'ctnd in several sections of the State.
Tlae people cf Montana are pro^ 1 of their school system and of ths work being done in all cf her educational institutions. The State institutions are maintained by liberal appropriations by the Legislative Assembly, there are count:/ high schcolB in many of tho counties, and in e-very section of the State there is a school for the children of the corjriunity. The State apportionment for the public fcchoola in 1910 is ^5.75 per capita,
?''Iontana's population is aiado uj of people from
every State and from altaost every country. These havo fused
into one of the raost loyal, patriotic, broad-minded and
generous peoples to be found in this country tuday. Tlaey
are intensely proud of their State ana of the record it is
making in forcing ito way to the first rank cf States--a
State that, although not yet having attained its majority
in Statehood, i» groaing with wonderful rapidity. They have
a cordial welco.t'ie for the ho.aeseeker and are always alad to
to extsnd/him any aid or counsel that may be needed to acquaint
hin with tlie conditions here and cause him tc become a con¬ tented citizen and a contributor to the developraent of the State,

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Scope and content: Records consist of materials generated by Montana Governor's Office during the course of regular business.There are subgroups for each of the Legislative Assemblies from 1893-1935, including the Governor's correspondence with the legislature, State of the State messages, reports of pardons and commutations of prisoners, and lists of bills signed and vetoed.; Scope and content: There are subgroups for each of the governors from 1902 to 1962. These subgroups consist of general correspondence from individual consitutents, organizations, and government agencies, arranged alphabetically by correspondent and topic.The final subgroup is entitled "Agency and Special Subject Files." It consists of subject files (1889-1962) arranged by agency and by topic. The files include correspondence, annual and biennial reports, financial statements, inventories, and other materials. Of special note are the prison files which include case files, pardons, commutations, and extraditions. (Manuscript Collection 35); The Montana Governor is the chief executive officer of the State of Montana. During the territorial period [1864-1889], the Governor was appointed by the President of the United States. Since statehood the Governor has been elected in statewide election.; The duties of the office were established in the 1889 Constitution. These duties included overall administration of state government; serving on various boards, including the Board of Prison Commissioners, the Board of Examiners, and others; convening special sessions as needed; signing or vetoing legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly; receiving regular reports from departments of the executive branch; appointing non-elective officials of state government and appointing replacements when elected officials die in office; granting pardons and commutations of sentence; and being the official representative of the state in its relations with the United States and other state governments.; Statehood governors were Joseph K. Toole (1889-1893, 1901-1908), John E. Richards (1893-1897), Robert Burns Smith (11897-1901), Edwin L. Norris (1908-1913), Sam V. Stewart (1913-1921), Joseph M. Dixon (1921-1925), John E. Erickson (1925-1933), Frank H. Cooney (1933-1935), W.E. Holt (1935-1937), Roy E. Ayers (1937-1941), Sam C. Ford (1941-1949), John T. Bonner (1949-1953), J. Hugo Aronson (1953-1961), Donald Nutter (1961-1962).; [Nutter is the last governor included in these records; later governors have their own collections; for thumbnail biographical sketches of governors, see Montana Governor's webpage. http://www.discoveringmontana.com/gov2/formergov/ ].

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lands which may now be secured at a reasonable figure are sure to increase largely in value. Our irrigated land, producing five to seven tons of alfalfa per acre, similar to land wliich costs |200 per acre Jn States to tho Woet, can be obtained at ^40 to |60 per acre.
Montana now has five transcontinental railroad lines, with two others in pr0KX-*"ct, and breincib- lines have been built to tap the rich sections. Interurban electric systsHHS are also in procetss of building or jjrojE'ctnd in several sections of the State.
Tlae people cf Montana are pro^ 1 of their school system and of ths work being done in all cf her educational institutions. The State institutions are maintained by liberal appropriations by the Legislative Assembly, there are count:/ high schcolB in many of tho counties, and in e-very section of the State there is a school for the children of the corjriunity. The State apportionment for the public fcchoola in 1910 is ^5.75 per capita,
?''Iontana's population is aiado uj of people from
every State and from altaost every country. These havo fused
into one of the raost loyal, patriotic, broad-minded and
generous peoples to be found in this country tuday. Tlaey
are intensely proud of their State ana of the record it is
making in forcing ito way to the first rank cf States--a
State that, although not yet having attained its majority
in Statehood, i» groaing with wonderful rapidity. They have
a cordial welco.t'ie for the ho.aeseeker and are always alad to
to extsnd/him any aid or counsel that may be needed to acquaint
hin with tlie conditions here and cause him tc become a con¬ tented citizen and a contributor to the developraent of the State,